Raffaello Morghen (artist)

Portrait of Raphael Morghen in an engraving from 1811

Raffaello Morghen , sometimes also Raphael Morghen (born June 19, 1758 in Naples , † April 8, 1833 in Florence ) was an Italian engraver and etcher .

Life

Morghen was first a student of his father Filippo Morghen, from 1778 with Giovanni Volpato in Rome. In 1793 he was by the Grand Duke Ferdinand III. called to Florence, where he opened a school of engravers. In Thieme-Becker's lexicon of artists , he is referred to as the “most important representative in Italy” of French line engraving. In 1803 Morghen was accepted as a foreign member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts .

literature

Niccolò Palmerini: Catalogo delle opere d'intaglio di Raffaello Morghen. Firenze 1810.
Caterina Volpi: Il fondo di incisioni di Raffaello Morghen. In: La città di Brera: due secoli di incisione. curated by Rolando Bellini et al., Milan 1996, pp. 24-39.

Web links

Commons : Raffaello Sanzio Morghen - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Morghen, Raffaello . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 151 .

personal data
SURNAME	Morghen, Raffaello
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian engraver and eraser
DATE OF BIRTH	June 19, 1758
PLACE OF BIRTH	Naples
DATE OF DEATH	April 8, 1833
Place of death	Florence

[1] Morghen, Raffaello . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 25 : Moehring – Olivié . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 151 .